Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 13, 1979, Winnipeg, Manitoba Idi Amin facing biggest threat of his North americans spend to buy Sophia Loren takes new York by Cloudy low20 Sun rises sets Moon rises p sets final March 1979 to 86 133 photo by Dave Banner men moving furniture from the old ramp building to the new one on Portage Avenue found a Quick solution to a difficult problem the old building has no elevators and narrow stairways would have made moving a Sling lifted the truck to a window for the move into new quarters was Provost claims City act contravened Bilin Mial signs s a Winnipeg civic committee held an emotion charged debate before voting to spend of a recommended to provide bilingual English French signs at major civic after the final vote by members of the civic works and operations com George Provost Langevin said he would Appeal the committee recommendation to the provincial attorney generals office on the grounds that failing to provide All of the recommended signs contravened the City of Winnipeg the stage was set for an emotion charged session by a Board of com missioners recommendation for 000 to cover costs of bilingual signs at 16 both downtown and in Southern Manitoba hit by overnight snowstorm a storm dumped 12 centimetres of Snow on Southern Manitoba Over blocking snarling City traffic and forcing cancellation of flights in and out of Winnipeg International Airport until it lift heavy and blowing Snow Over night reduced visibility to near Zero in Southern Manitoba and a weather warning was issued for the entire a weather office offi Cial contacted this morning said the system which dropped five inches of Snow on most areas was on its Way we can see the Northern Edge of it right now on our radar sets about 40 Miles he expect a pretty Windy Day but that will get rid of the pretty heavy Snow that falling and that should leave us with 10 to 12 centimetres of Snow everybody had a shot of heavy Snow but its lasted longest Here at Winnipeg and at Portage and prob ably areas Down South of Winnipeg to the he nothing was Landing Here Dur ing the morning a weather office spokesman continued see Southern Page 4 the vital commune the commissioners report said the signs were needed to meet provisions of the cites committee debate on the signs was fuelled by a delegation of about 40 persons staunchly opposed to the in addition to presenting delegates sitting in on the committee meeting cheered and heckled various City Alice alleging an unsettled political situation at the fed eral said the committee approve funds for the signs until after the coming Federal elec either leave the signs alone or build larger doors to accommodate the signs of All the ethnic Richmond Doug a spokesman for the Canada gave the commit tee a lecture in Canadian history focusing on the Royal proclamation of 1763 which he said made English the official you mean to say you can find to put up signs that will help absolutely nobody in the City but cant find Money to help that Man an increase slated for october prices to drop Al i Ottawa up Consumers can look Forward to Price reductions in a wide Range of imported fruits and vegetables following a government announcement Mon Day that tariffs on these goods will be reduced i Media the move is designed to provide Consumers with Quick Relief from soaring produce at the same the government has promised Farmers that tariffs on fruits and vegetables will be raised significantly in this will encourage Consumers to Bay Homegrown produce during the Canad an growing the new Tariff arrangements were tabled in the com Mons by finance minister Jean following months of study by government the immediate effect of the program will be to Moder ate the Price of fresh produce which increased by per cent in the government has repeatedly identified imported fruits and vegetables As the main culprit in the current outbreak of rising food imported produce is expensive for two foreign suppliers have raised their prices and these Price increases have been aggravated by the Low buying Power of the Canadian the government Hopes to offset these in by providing for reductions of Between two and 15 percentage Points on such products As vegetable Frozen raisins and Grapefruit other important food such As apples and oranges already enter the country duty free in Here Are a few examples of the Impact the new Tariff arrangements will have on grocery store a can of Frozen Orange juice imported from the United states will be about one cent the current Selling Price is about 60 which includes a five percent under the new the rate of duty will drop to three per in a cauliflower imported from the now Sells for see food Page 4 Cairo a reporting last i Nute Progress toward an egyptians Rae i peace president Carter stopped Here today to Brief president Anwar Sadat of As he left Israel at the end of a 66hour visit Carter said Good Progress has been made toward a peace treaty and vowed we will not Carter said Progress was made monday night in a meeting of and israeli Cabinet and fur ther Progress was achieved today in a breakfast meeting Between himself and israeli prime minister Mena chem also speaking at Ben Gurion said Israel now has gone As far As it can go toward meeting Egypt and now of its the turn of Egypt to Carter headed Home without the treaty he had hoped to forge during his Middle East and before his upbeat statement at Tel a ivs Ben Gurion Airport the mood of Carters party was but at Ben Gurion Carter vowed that negotiations will continue and said there Are fewer differences than when i first and those few differences which do remain have been substantially last there were further intensive discussions on the two or three most difficult president Carter Back to Egypt and this building on those prime minister Menachem begin and i were Able to make substantial additional the president and wife Rosalynn met Over breakfast today with the israeli prime minister and his also speaking at the said we made real Progress in the peacemaking of its the turn of Egypt to May i say that you can leave this country with Satis fac begin begin spokesman Dan Patti strongly opposed the idea that the talks had ended in he said briefings Given by White House spokesman were calculated to make the picture for Domestic officials appeared to consider the begin breakfast feel ing it would not be appropriate for the president to leave Jerusalem without seeing be Girt in was Learned the president wanted to be sure there were no misunderstandings about israeli while acknowledging that anything see we Page 4 s to see Section Page 4 Ottawa up a slight improve ment in the unemployment situation was recorded in february with 000 out of work compared with in the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the month fell to per cent last month from per cent the previous figures released today by Statis tics Canada it so show there were More people working in february than in it was the first time in More than a year that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has fallen below eight per february was the lowest monthly unemployment rate recorded by statistics Canada since june of when the seasonal Job less rate also stood at per the rate is still Well above that of the United states which re ported a february unemployment rate of per with million out of latest unemployment rates for see unemployment Page 4 score Board ook awaits University students nil 3 Montreal by Manfred Jager for University this is a Good year to be Job Hunting particularly for permanent according to the University of Manitoba office of Canada Man pow opportunities for permanent and summer employment Are much greater than last Campus manpower office manager Mavis Scott said monday hiring has been going this is going to be a much better year than last year i can Tell you right miss Scott weve had to turn employers away who wanted to hire mechanical for she the Field is a Little tougher for people interested Only in summer she she Only for those who Are fussy and want to do some thing during the Spring and summer months that is related to their Stu they May have to look a Little harder before they find the suitable the student whose primary objective is to earn a pay Cheque this summer and who Doest really mind what kind of work is available will find himself or herself in in pretty sure there will be enough jobs to go we Are very pleased with the Way things Are miss Scott weve seen employers Here this win looking mostly for permanent placements who have not offered jobs for the last seven or eight to All this Means that Economy seems to be in pretty Good shape this time brisk hiring has continued since last when potential employers arrived in fort Garry to see How Many students would be Avail Able for work this Spring and sum and this will go on for a few More weeks Here on and after May from our office at 460 main As in previous certain Indus including the Al Berta Oil chemical manufacturers and the Federal the major employ i i ;